TAR 12 ?TAR 13......two flights to Brasil.TAR 14......two flights....one to Zurich, one to MilanTAR 15....TAR 16......two flights to Chile.....but all teams ended up on one, due to problems with plane and jumpy racers.TAR 17....two flights to London

My spec only.......TAR 18....probably the two Qantas flights, since they are both codeshares with American Airlines, a sponsor

Just wanted to say, American Airlines is no longer a sponsor for the race. That changed when Season7 aired, the sponsorship is now with Travelocity.

mjriches, there may still be something with American Airlines. If you go through the seasons since seven, many first leg flights still have an American Airlines flight involved.

And this is speculative, it also explains why some potential start cities haven't been used because American does not have a large international flight presence in those cities; e.g., Atlanta (the HQ for Delta), and Minneapolis-St. Paul (now a second hub for Delta after a merger a couple of years ago.)

TAR 12 ?TAR 13......two flights to Brasil.TAR 14......two flights....one to Zurich, one to MilanTAR 15....TAR 16......two flights to Chile.....but all teams ended up on one, due to problems with plane and jumpy racers.TAR 17....two flights to London

My spec only.......TAR 18....probably the two Qantas flights, since they are both codeshares with American Airlines, a sponsor

Just wanted to say, American Airlines is no longer a sponsor for the race. That changed when Season7 aired, the sponsorship is now with Travelocity.

You are certainly correct there.....but what if........and I know this takes a great leap of faith......but what if American Airlines owned Travelocity.....could we say that American Airlines was in fact a sponsor?

IF production did split the teams between QF 12 and QF 108 with the first teams to the airport on the first flight and slower teams to the airport on 2nd flight....the irony is the slower teams will get to Sydney first. I remember that happening in TAR 6 and TAR 7 5.......due to flight delays on 1st flights.

If Micheal and Kevin are really back they better be eliminated FIRST!!!

Yes, please. Sorry, Michael.

I want to think good thoughts for all of them while they're up in the air and wish them safe travels in real time. I'm actually quite pleased to see for the second season in a row there are no more than (possibly) 3 teams I don't like.